Watching a story on Newsmax about a teenager named Trevor Till who committed suicide because of the covid lockdowns and utter lack of socialization.
This kid appeared to have everything going for him and yet he took his own life. His mother ran down the list of activities that Trevor did and the only thing that comes to mind is that this poor kid was so seriously over-scheduled that he never learned to be alone with his own thoughts.
Maybe rather than schedule our kids from sunrise to sunset, we focus more on teaching them to be alone with their thoughts. I see this in so many people who do not have this ability.
Yes we need each other but there are times that we need to learn to comfort ourselves or find our comfort in a higher power and yet where does one learn this ability?
I learned it as a kid because we did not have TV to watch, video games or computers. When you got bored you figured out something to do. If we couldn't figure it out our Mom would find something for us to do!!
I agree. I did have video games. Wasted too much of my life with them and TV. We carefully regulate our kids. Already dumped Netflix. Planning to dump Prime and Debating on Disney (symbolism, subconscious programming, etc).
Boy did you just bring back some great childhood memories. You never said "I'm bored" or "There's nothing to do" in our home or you'd get handed a Reader's Digest and told to do the "It Pays to Enhance Your Word Power"! Needless to say, we all grew up to be fairly eloquent adults when necessary.
I also think going to Church every Sunday helped too. You had to learn to sit still, shut up and be bored for an hour, every week! In fact maybe my kids need some Church! My mom's techniques aren't working for me real well!!!